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exquisite detail of the supreme court, go beyond the bill that ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home, and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital. american icons, a three-disc cd set. handling. it is one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. "washington journal" is next. president barack obama will be at the u.s. today to attend a jobs summit with house democrats spread live coverage begins at 4: 40 5:00 p.m. eastern parent -- 4:45 eastern. we will get an update on the financial inquiry commission today. after that, the urban institute will talk about health
exquisite detail of the supreme court, go beyond the bill that ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home, and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital. american icons, a three-disc cd set. handling. it is one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. "washington journal" is next. president barack obama will be at the u.s. today to attend a jobs summit with house democrats spread live coverage begins at 4: 40 5:00 p.m. eastern parent...
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also, america never targets the innocent like terrorists do. we are there to protect them from the terrace. if they do not hang around them, they are not in any kind of danger. i want to make one more statement about elections. i think a lot of times not everyone has a lot of experience. i think we vote for people who we think would make good judgment. even in america, we vote for someone, we vote for someone that we think has good judgment. . . that is what we try to do in the united states. that is what the iraqi people are trying to do. that is what the afghan people are trying to do. host: ambassador william taylor, thank you for joining us this morning. that will about do it. we're back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern with more of your calls and comments. we look forward to that. hope you have a good day. >> a number of live events coming up freak you today on the c-span network. coming up in 90 minutes, a panel discussion on texting, a drunk driving and traffic laws. you can watch that right here on c-span. a little bit later, we wi
also, america never targets the innocent like terrorists do. we are there to protect them from the terrace. if they do not hang around them, they are not in any kind of danger. i want to make one more statement about elections. i think a lot of times not everyone has a lot of experience. i think we vote for people who we think would make good judgment. even in america, we vote for someone, we vote for someone that we think has good judgment. . . that is what we try to do in the united states....
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why don't we make anything in america anymore? and why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? as i traveled from city to city, i heard a sense of resignation from middle-class americans. people laid off for the first time in their lives that team, what did i do wrong? i came away shaken by the sense that the very things that make america great are now in danger. what makes us unique among the nations is this: in america, working people are the middle-class. we built our middle class in the 20th century through hard work, through struggle and visionary political leadership. but a generation of distract this, greed driven economic helices as a voter that progress and now threatens our very identity as a nation. today, on every coast and in between, working women and working men are fighting to join the middle-class and to protect and to rebuild the. we crave political leadership ready to fight for the kind of america that we want t
why don't we make anything in america anymore? and why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? as i traveled from city to city, i heard a sense of resignation from middle-class americans. people laid off for the first time in their lives that team, what did i do wrong? i came away shaken by the sense that the very things that make america great are now in danger. what makes us unique among the...
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that is what america believes in. that is the vision that is more powerful than a true of violent extremists. we will strengthen our defenses at home but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that challenges the values we have prayed great nations do not hide behind walls. that is and exactly what our adversaries want and so long as i am president, will never end them that victory. we will go far in the character of our country -- we will define the character of our country. every american, every elected official can do airport. instead of giving into cynicism and division, let's move forward with confidence and optimism and unity that defines us as a people. this is not a time for partisanship but citizenship. it is time to work together with a purpose that our security demands. that is what means to be strong in the face of violent extremists. that is how we will prevail in this fight that is how we will protect our country and pass safer and stronger to the next generation. thank you very much. >> we heard from,
that is what america believes in. that is the vision that is more powerful than a true of violent extremists. we will strengthen our defenses at home but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that challenges the values we have prayed great nations do not hide behind walls. that is and exactly what our adversaries want and so long as i am president, will never end them that victory. we will go far in the character of our country -- we will define the character of our country. every american,...
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the victory that all america has seen tonight started right here with all of you. all of you. yes. let me tell you, when i first got the feeling something big was happening in this campaign was when i was driving along on a road out in central massachusetts, in my truck, yes. and it has over 201,000 now. and i knew things were really starting to click when i saw a hand-made scott brown yard sign that i actually hadn't put there myself. [laughing] [cheers and applause] this little campaign of ours was destined for great things. the message went far beyond the sign that was there placed in the snow. it all started with me, my truck, and a very few awment of dedicated -- amount of dedicated volunteers. however it ended with an air force one making an emergency run to logan. [cheers and applause] and i didn't mind when the president came here and criticized me and talked about, you know, some of the things that he disagreed with me on. but let me tell you, when he started to criticize my truck, that's where i draw the line. throughout this race we had the machine scared and scrambling.
the victory that all america has seen tonight started right here with all of you. all of you. yes. let me tell you, when i first got the feeling something big was happening in this campaign was when i was driving along on a road out in central massachusetts, in my truck, yes. and it has over 201,000 now. and i knew things were really starting to click when i saw a hand-made scott brown yard sign that i actually hadn't put there myself. [laughing] [cheers and applause] this little campaign of...
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this takes us in the exact opposite direction from where america wants to go. it will allow the biggest corporation of the united states to engage in the buying and selling of elections. if you look at the staggering figures of the fortune 100 companies and the revenues they have and the profits that they can now unleash directly in these elections, has the potential to totally up end our system and corrupt the process in a way that i think should alarm every american citizen. just think of some hypotheticals, and as my colleague said, we were still going through the court decision. but imagine aig that just received millions of dollars of taxpayer money being able to turn around spending money to advertise against people who didn't want to provide them support or disagreed with the aig agenda. think of the biggest firms on wall street at the time we're trying to hold them accountable to be able to take money and defeat those who call for greater transparency on wall street. think about u.s. corporations whose main financial interests and majority profits come
this takes us in the exact opposite direction from where america wants to go. it will allow the biggest corporation of the united states to engage in the buying and selling of elections. if you look at the staggering figures of the fortune 100 companies and the revenues they have and the profits that they can now unleash directly in these elections, has the potential to totally up end our system and corrupt the process in a way that i think should alarm every american citizen. just think of...
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so in the working poor neighborhoods of america, we shifted a financial services sector with someone referred to this shadow financial services sector. that's a real shadowy aspect to some of the shadow financial services sector that really preyed upon people, that really put people in positions they shouldn't have been in and approved them for loans with terms and conditions that, you know, any reasonable person wouldn't have done. >> we can broaden that, too, to not the just lmi markets but underserved markets too. let's take a look at prince georges county. the highest income county in the united states in terms of african-american wealth. over 50% of mortgage loans in prince georges county were subprime mortgages. and from my work in the field i started out as a fair lending advocate, i ran the toledo faire fair lending lawsuits than any other fair housing or civil rights agency in the country, and what we would see over and over and over again where lenders who were not willing to go into underserved markets even if we were talking about more affluent african-american and/or lat
so in the working poor neighborhoods of america, we shifted a financial services sector with someone referred to this shadow financial services sector. that's a real shadowy aspect to some of the shadow financial services sector that really preyed upon people, that really put people in positions they shouldn't have been in and approved them for loans with terms and conditions that, you know, any reasonable person wouldn't have done. >> we can broaden that, too, to not the just lmi markets...
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but you're broader point is a good one, that he has talked about his ultimate goal of bleeding america of blood and treasure. he equates the current battle with the united states to the battle against the soviets in the 1980's in afghanistan, he ascribes to the mujahedin in his efforts the collapse of the soviet empire, and they want to see the collapse of the u.s. we need to be cognizant of that, in terms of how we react, ensuring that we do not overreact. that is one of the challenges for this administration, not giving the terrorists to much of voice in this particular incident. host: when the president spoke yesterday, he talked about reforms for the intelligence community. i want to get your reaction to this. >> these reforms will improve the intelligence community's ability to share, analyze, and act on intelligence swiftly and effectively. in short, they will help our intelligence community to get its job better and protect american lives. but even the best intelligence cannot identify in advance of every individual who would do us harm. we need the security at our airports, por
but you're broader point is a good one, that he has talked about his ultimate goal of bleeding america of blood and treasure. he equates the current battle with the united states to the battle against the soviets in the 1980's in afghanistan, he ascribes to the mujahedin in his efforts the collapse of the soviet empire, and they want to see the collapse of the u.s. we need to be cognizant of that, in terms of how we react, ensuring that we do not overreact. that is one of the challenges for...
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to have america back to work. we are going to make sure, as we have done, that we are going to be having energy security. that is our national security and our economic security interest. and we have to work with the senate to pass legislation to effect that end. and, we are going to insure fiscal responsibility, as was done in the clinton administration. contrary to the observation of those who opposed his economic program. we need to return to fiscal responsibility. so, i say to you that the major objectives of the second session of the congress we will be pursuing is the completion of the agenda that was so folsom in addressing the problems america confronted in the last session and now, create those jobs come and bring fiscal responsibility and ensure our national security. i want to also say that the unity of our caucus which was reflected last year continues to exist, and in closing let me say one of the themes eric schmidt started with, president obama talked about and president clinton talked about is opti
to have america back to work. we are going to make sure, as we have done, that we are going to be having energy security. that is our national security and our economic security interest. and we have to work with the senate to pass legislation to effect that end. and, we are going to insure fiscal responsibility, as was done in the clinton administration. contrary to the observation of those who opposed his economic program. we need to return to fiscal responsibility. so, i say to you that the...
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and that's why we are proclaiming ohio's status as america's energy gateway. and we will transform turnpike service plazas in williams and mahoning counties into showcases of ohio's advanced energy capabilities. visitors to ohio will learn, and ohioans will be reminded that ohio is producing a new kind of energy to power our future. now there will come a day when ohio will be the undisputed home of advanced energy. a day when we will have cast off those two tired little words that have been used to put us down. rust belt. because that's not who we are. [applause] >> thank you. there will come a day when the iconic image of the texas oil rig will be eclipsed by the ohio made wind turbine and solar panel. orval right once said that everything that he accomplished in his life was the result of his upbringing here in ohio. in ohio he was taught to question, explore, and to seek new answers. i believe in ohio, because that spirit is very much alive in our great state today. i believe in ohio because we have laid the foundation for growth and a thriving middle class
and that's why we are proclaiming ohio's status as america's energy gateway. and we will transform turnpike service plazas in williams and mahoning counties into showcases of ohio's advanced energy capabilities. visitors to ohio will learn, and ohioans will be reminded that ohio is producing a new kind of energy to power our future. now there will come a day when ohio will be the undisputed home of advanced energy. a day when we will have cast off those two tired little words that have been...
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america wouldn't be america without its entrepreneurs. yet entrepreneurs are too often lost in glib economic policy discussions that center on interest rates, large-scale banks. these polls instruments >> institutions are not the primary engines of economic growth and the advances of human welfare. only new companies bringing forth new jobs and innovations and creative ideas are the bedrock of what our recovery will be. increasingly i am pleased to report policy makers are beginning to recognize the vital role of entrepreneurs. happily their heightened interest is due in large part to the foundation's funding of research over the last six years. even when policy makers speak of entrepreneurship, it is most often in abstract terms. how much they contribute to this or that indicator. even that perspective can't be taken for granted. the schools down played or ignored the role of entrepreneurs preferring instead to see all economic activity it is a creature of three fundamental forces, big government, big unions and big companies. forgotten
america wouldn't be america without its entrepreneurs. yet entrepreneurs are too often lost in glib economic policy discussions that center on interest rates, large-scale banks. these polls instruments >> institutions are not the primary engines of economic growth and the advances of human welfare. only new companies bringing forth new jobs and innovations and creative ideas are the bedrock of what our recovery will be. increasingly i am pleased to report policy makers are beginning to...
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it will be a victory for the united states of america. let's work to change the political system, as imperfect as it is. i know people can feel down about the way things are going sometimes here in washington. i noticed something to give up on the political process but we put in tupper rules on laws and lobbying and tougher than any administration in history. is not enough but it is progress. progress is possible. don't give up on biodegrade don't give up on abacus a very delicate up on activism. there are too many needs to be met. too much work to be done. like dr. king said, we must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. let us broaden our coalition, building a confederation, not of liberals or conservatives, not red states or blue states, but of all americans who are hurting today. they are searching for a better tomorrow. the urgency of the our demands that we make common cause with all of america's workers, white, black, brown, all of whom are being hammered by this recession. all of whom are yearning for that. sp
it will be a victory for the united states of america. let's work to change the political system, as imperfect as it is. i know people can feel down about the way things are going sometimes here in washington. i noticed something to give up on the political process but we put in tupper rules on laws and lobbying and tougher than any administration in history. is not enough but it is progress. progress is possible. don't give up on biodegrade don't give up on abacus a very delicate up on...
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nathan of the union of orthodox jewish congregation of america, richard of the american jewish committee, charles haynes of the freedom forum first amendment center, holly and brent of the baptist joint committee. we have a represent from the institute of religion and civic values, colby of the american center for law and justice. rabbi david of the religious action center for reform judaism. a representative of the seek council on religion and education. mark of the american jewish congress, mitchell formerly of the general conference of seventh day adventist. and i hope i haven't missed any drafters in the audience. oh, isabelle, my goodness. thank you. isabelle. you changed your name recently but i'm so glad that you raised your hand here. isabelle richmond of the first freedom center a very valued drafter and came from richmond to join us this morning. thank you so much, isabelle for your participation in this project. well, again, what makes this statement particularly valuable is that it has been jointly drafted not only by a group that is quite diverse in religious terms but also
nathan of the union of orthodox jewish congregation of america, richard of the american jewish committee, charles haynes of the freedom forum first amendment center, holly and brent of the baptist joint committee. we have a represent from the institute of religion and civic values, colby of the american center for law and justice. rabbi david of the religious action center for reform judaism. a representative of the seek council on religion and education. mark of the american jewish congress,...
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go beyond the bill with ropes of the white house, america's most famous home. explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital. american icons, a 3 does the dvd said. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. it is available at c- span.org/store. >> on christmas eve >> on christmas eve, russian president dmitry medvedev sat down with russia's tv network. here is a portion of that event. he answered questions on the future of russia's armed forces, his relationship with relation -- prime minister vladimir putin. he also talked about the recent copenhagen conference -- climate change conference, saying he was not happy with the results of the conference. >> good afternoon. over this year, you have repeatedly met up with our colleagues and tv networks and have discussed relevant issues of economic politics. we're grateful for you to discuss the of doing your live with these three networks. we do have something to talk about and something to remember and something to discuss 2009 has not been an easy year. to this country has come up against new challenges.
go beyond the bill with ropes of the white house, america's most famous home. explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital. american icons, a 3 does the dvd said. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. it is available at c- span.org/store. >> on christmas eve >> on christmas eve, russian president dmitry medvedev sat down with russia's tv network. here is a portion of that event. he answered questions on the future of russia's armed forces, his relationship with...
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they have been trained how to ask how is this issue going to protect the united states of america. they are not trained in fighting poverty, for the most part. they are there to respect u.s. interests. they will now be spending a lot of money in the strategy. in the back seat, you have an officer who is trying to be seen as an equal with the people running the show. he is trying to make certain that they are speaking in tandem. beside them is a usda official who knows a lot about agriculture but mostly knows about united states agriculture. and less about the overseas agriculture. not as much as the professional who has been doing this their whole life. the third person is a national guards person who is part of the agricultural business development teams. they are soldiers by definition, mostly farmers who have committed themselves to helping. the challenge is that this is driving around afghanistan, trying to meet the needs of the afghan agriculture. there is never enough time or money. so when this pulls up into a village, the professional is wanting to go talk to the poor peopl
they have been trained how to ask how is this issue going to protect the united states of america. they are not trained in fighting poverty, for the most part. they are there to respect u.s. interests. they will now be spending a lot of money in the strategy. in the back seat, you have an officer who is trying to be seen as an equal with the people running the show. he is trying to make certain that they are speaking in tandem. beside them is a usda official who knows a lot about agriculture...
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lord, by seeing in the united states of america your free children working together, may they and all the world give thanks for the united states of glory now and forever. amen. frankly, for many americans, it is a time of anger. >> this is a time of action restore bonds of trust, and we share the responsibility of listening to the american people. power. in addition to listening to the people, we also need to listen to each other. it is in that spirit, mr. president, that we invite you here today, and we're very grateful that you have accepted. in january, 2009, i promised that the republicans would stand with you when we believe your policies were in the best interest of our country. when it came to afghanistan, iraq, charter schools, teacher quality -- we did just that. when we disagreed, as we have on some major issues, i said that republicans would not just be the party of opposition, but we would also be the party a better solutions. we formed solutions groups to many of those major areas. they produced detailed alternatives that we have presented throughout the last year to y
lord, by seeing in the united states of america your free children working together, may they and all the world give thanks for the united states of glory now and forever. amen. frankly, for many americans, it is a time of anger. >> this is a time of action restore bonds of trust, and we share the responsibility of listening to the american people. power. in addition to listening to the people, we also need to listen to each other. it is in that spirit, mr. president, that we invite you...
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which is in america. >> thank you. i'm glad you recognize my service. i may lieutenant colonel with 30 years in the military. i do not recall a time we have given constitutional rights to terrorists [unintelligible] to think that we would give people who want to kill us constitutional rights and lawyer them up at our expense instead of treating them as enemy combatants -- it makes no sense to me and shows me that you do not understand the law when it comes to enemy combatants versus terrace. >> the reason we started the designation is we would make sure we treated people appropriately. we still and always will have the option to get better intelligence to treat people in the military enemy combatant form. >> in a standard differences on the legal treatment of prisoners. what i would like to understand is how you would win the war on the ground. >> i agree with the president. that is another difference. i support his effort to finish the job in afghanistan. @@@@ jrbrbfá >> and export them around the worm. -- world. it's pretty simple. you make sure we s
which is in america. >> thank you. i'm glad you recognize my service. i may lieutenant colonel with 30 years in the military. i do not recall a time we have given constitutional rights to terrorists [unintelligible] to think that we would give people who want to kill us constitutional rights and lawyer them up at our expense instead of treating them as enemy combatants -- it makes no sense to me and shows me that you do not understand the law when it comes to enemy combatants versus...
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okay. >> i am rosann with the voice of america. back to copenhagen and the agreement, the president's head of state agreement versus the protocol agreement. what is the way forward? do you expect this agreement, you mentioned a little bit but how is the process for a global treaty to move forward, do you expect to move forward and how would this agreement that came out of the last 24 hours of it, what would be perhaps voted into it? >> rosann i'm going to respond to that briefly and ask my colleague who runs the international climate program if he wants to add anything. thye can't make predictions, but it seems likely that there will be an effort to convene the major emitters in some way and to flesh out what the declaration means and to discuss how to move it forward. but, there are pieces of it that really need to be implemented through actions of the conference of parties, to the convention. in fact there are specific references from the declaration back to the conference of party so some of it is going to have to feed back into
okay. >> i am rosann with the voice of america. back to copenhagen and the agreement, the president's head of state agreement versus the protocol agreement. what is the way forward? do you expect this agreement, you mentioned a little bit but how is the process for a global treaty to move forward, do you expect to move forward and how would this agreement that came out of the last 24 hours of it, what would be perhaps voted into it? >> rosann i'm going to respond to that briefly and...
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wilson mentions teacher u, which our folks, teachers america folks in new york participant in teacher u, i'd like to talk a little bit about how we approach this work. we have a textbook that we developed called teaching is leadership. we're releasing a version actually this month or early next month. we're hoping to share the knowledge that we've accumulated by looking at our exceptional teachers and really enter into a conversation in this sector about what we can do to better prepare and support teachers in general. one of the things that we focus on that we found in our high performers is their ability to invest students in their work. chubb says in his paper, students begin lessons unmotivated. they will simply not make the hard effort necessary to learn. degreed. i couldn't degree more. but i'm not sure that technology will motivate students. i mean -- i'm not sure how you get students to engage in the technology if they have this pass of not being successful and don't feel like they want to engage in the work and doubt their own ability to do the work. so for me, i don't see te
wilson mentions teacher u, which our folks, teachers america folks in new york participant in teacher u, i'd like to talk a little bit about how we approach this work. we have a textbook that we developed called teaching is leadership. we're releasing a version actually this month or early next month. we're hoping to share the knowledge that we've accumulated by looking at our exceptional teachers and really enter into a conversation in this sector about what we can do to better prepare and...
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it's a cross section of america. our opportunity as a party is to open arms and well come people that want to be part of what we think is a principals leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and empower people. so, i have reached out my and and said let's work together. we're fighting the same cause and fighting about the same principals of free market and free enterprise. lower taxes. a confidence marketplace and not trying cow down to those that do not have our best interest in line and with that kind of message - but then following it up with action, where we actually follow through and act on those things and make sure we control the spending in washington, that we lower it's influence in businesses in our daily lives i think we'll turn an important corner. host: is that part of a national platform for the republicans? guest: i think so. it really will come down to what individual candidates can do in their communities and how they translate the message and principals. you saw in virginia
it's a cross section of america. our opportunity as a party is to open arms and well come people that want to be part of what we think is a principals leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and empower people. so, i have reached out my and and said let's work together. we're fighting the same cause and fighting about the same principals of free market and free enterprise. lower taxes. a confidence marketplace and not trying cow down to those that do not have our best...